Aberfeldy, I believe the idea is to make the fly resemble a shrimp or prawn. If you get lucky and find good feathers, they are a bargain. How to tie a Lady Caroline Spey Salmon fly from FlyTyingArchive on Vimeo. Uv Hook Finish Schlappen feathers do have long stems, and are a good choice for wrapping hackles the entire length of the fly bodies. September 2016 August 2017 Heron or heron substitute. But, for the majority of us, we need a sub.
Body: Flat silver tinsel. November 2012 They work well, but the stems are very short. Thread: Black 6/0 (140 denier). Grouse Hunting Heron is one of the signature Spey materials, heron body hackles are soft, fuzzy, water repellent feathers, with no web so the barbs cannot cling to one another.
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Rain Rib: Flat and oval silver tinsel. Classic Spey flies are old and odd. September 2011, All The availability and cost are good, but the consistency varies a great deal. This all changed with the appearance of Syd Glasso. Hackle: Natural blue-eared pheasant.
Wing: Four white hackle tips. I would like to receive latest fly tying patterns, stories and videos. Asian Heron …
Underwing: Golden pheasant tippet.
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Ringneck rump is best on smaller flies, and usually has alot of chipped tips. In addition to his terrific articles, he also has one of the very best websites full of classic patterns and outstanding tying tips. In water the barbs of a heron hackle are pulled together by the current then, when the current slackens, they … Tel: 01887 829868
August 2012 Hook: Your favorite brand of salmon hook, sizes 2 to 1/0.
Heron is one of the signature Spey materials, heron body hackles are soft, fuzzy, water repellent feathers, with no web so the barbs cannot cling to one another. I have many tying books from the first half of the 20th century, and I can find no mention of them. Eric Austin is a regular contributor to this magazine. And in 1970, Joe Bates devotes only three pages to Spey flies in his book Atlantic Salmon Flies and Fishing.
For example, Rob Taylor, also of British Columbia, used golden pheasant crest breast feathers to solve a problem he was having mounting Syd Glasso’s hackle-tip wings; Rob tied them flat over the top of the fly, a simple solution based on the General Practitioner. September 2012 Price: £3.50/pack Fire Schlappen is a joy to use, and the stems are very flexible.
They are cheap and readily available. June 2013
Throat: Golden pheasant breast feather. Mcmillan Look a little closer and the materials needed for many traditional Spey flies are fairly domestic, find a few heron and cock hackles, some teal or mallard flank feathers, a few strands of darning wool and with some tinsel and thread (and a hook) you are more or less good to go.
Alcohol Lamp Blue eared pheasant is the obvious substitute for heron hackles since the color is so similar and the feather's shape and structure are a close approximation. Blue Eared Pheasant is the most appropriate substitute for gray heron, especially on the classics and flies meant to be displayed. The Locus Centre, and the Black Spey, which is another of his flies, uses an Indian crow feather in a unique manner in the tail for a hot spot. February 2012 He adapted classic Spey flies for use on his favorite rivers. If a pattern calls for Spey cock for both the throat and the body hackle, use two feathers—one for each section—even if you are just covering the front half of the fly. You may use goose or another substitute for the swan feathers.
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Compared with natural grey heron some of those substitutes have the size and shape (goose), some have the colour and hint at the texture (blue-eared pheasant). June 2012 Topping: Golden pheasant crest. December 2013 tube. Feather Extensions There has been a resurgence of interest in Spey flies here in the Midwest, and I’m often asked about them at our local fly fishing shows.
It has its roots in Murdock’s Dee fly, called the Dunt, from the 1800s. My favorite feathers so far have been Blue eared pheasant, mallard flank, and ringneck pheasant rump. May 2012 June 2014
December 2015 Some clumps have very short feathers, others have feathers with every other fiber broken off, and I’ve had some with almost no usable feathers.
Colours are natural red/brown, natural cream, then dyed: black, grey, yellow, orange, red, purple, and green. Hackle: Gray Spey hackle or a substitute. January 2012
Art Lingren, from British Columbia, is a devotee of Syd Glasso’s. Hackle: Dark brown or black Spey hackle over part of body. Dry Line Steelhead It seems to me I have seen similar characteristics when tying and fishing modern hair-wing flies: Arctic fox, temple dog, and Arctic runner all behave this way in water.
The only downside is that blue-eared pheasant is sometimes hard to find, it is expensive, and the stems are short. October 2011 Native Cutthroat
July 2014 Sign up for our newsletter and get the latest fly tying patterns, stories and videos in your inbox. January 2019 To be frank, I don’t know enough of the history of salmon fishing to be convinced – it wouldn’t be the first time marketing men sold their product by suggesting the competition was dated, drab and frankly old-fashioned. Also one dyed orange heron hackle or B.E. It is impossible to wrap one of these feathers the entire length of the body, so modern tiers don’t even try; simply spiral-wrap the feather over the front half of the fly. These are readily available online and in some fly shops. Schlappen fibers are also shorter than heron; you’ll get only a few feathers out of a package that have long fibers. While we will stick to the standardized form a little more closely, there have been constant variations.
Waders. The more common substitutes are probably ‘burned’ goose shoulder and assorted pheasant body feathers, and marabou is used to good effect on modern fishing flies inspired by the Spey tradition. Very effective as a Heron substitute.
False Hackle Before tying any flies, we must first look at the type of long-fibered hackles used on Spey flies.
To a large extent, steelhead and Pacific salmon anglers developed materials to tie their Spey flies for fishing first and framing second. Thread: Black 6/0 (140 denier). Hackle: Blue-eared or ring-necked pheasant dyed purple.
Rib: Medium and fine oval silver tinsel. The Sol Duck Spey uses black heron for the throat, and his Black Heron has black goose quill slips for the wings similar to a classic wet fly. Body: Purple floss and seal dubbing or a substitute. Note: Supported video sources include YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Priced at £3.50 per pack these are not cheap but every feather here is in first class condition so that’s ten flies per pack and the sizes can be matched to hook sizes so there should be no waste. Tag: Oval silver tinsel. One of his flies, the Brown Heron, was nothing more than a traditional Spey fly tied in flashier colors. Charlie Dickinson’s Purple Heron is an even more modern pattern based on Glasso’s Orange Heron. Heron feathers are the traditional hackle, but processing these is illegal in the United States.
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